King Silva
King of Kings
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Age : 34
Location : Sacramento, California
Favorite WWE Wrestler : ---
Current and Former:
The Rock, JoMo, Ziggler, Edge, Orton, Y2J, Hardyz, + Rhodes!
Favorite WWE Diva : -------
ALL TIME
# 1} Lita
# 2} Trish Stratus
# 3} Mickie James
# 4} Gail Kim
# 5} Michelle McCool
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Registration date : 2009-09-30
 |  Subject: 6/2 WWE House Show Results Augusta, Ga.: Sheamus/Del Rio Main Event, IC Title 2/3 Falls, etc Sun 03 Jun 2012, 5:44 am | |
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WWE Smackdown house show results
June 2, 2012
Augusta, Ga.
Report by Chris Cushman, PWTorch reader
I attended the Smackdown house show Saturday night in Augusta, Georgia. I arrived at the arena several hours early in hopes of meeting a few of the wrestlers. The first I saw arrive was Ryback. He basically nodded to the crowd and walked in. Next up was Kaitlyn and A.J. They didn’t acknowledge us and walked straight in as well. I was just about to walk in when Damien Sandow and Tyson Kidd pulled up. Sandow walked in, but Kidd walked up and was very fan-friendly. He signed autographs and took pictures with anyone who wanted one. Very Cool. Now onto the show. Matt Striker came out and served as ring announcer for the evening.
(1) Sin Cara & Tyson Kidd defeated Hunico & Camacho via roll-up. This was a really good match that got the crowd hyped. Sin Cara looked really sharp and had a lot of "oooh and aahh" moments. The finish was Sin Cara reversing a roll-up for the win.
(2) Jinder Mahal defeated Ezekiel Jackson via submission. This was an okay match with Mahal receiving a ton of heat. Mahal won with the Camel Clutch.
(3) Ryback defeated Heath Slater. Your typical squash match. Slater actually did get in some offense, but Ryback won with his finisher.
At this point in the show, Cody Rhodes came out and told Striker that when he comes out for his title match, he better introduce him as the future Intercontinental champion.
(4) Damien Sandow defeated Richie Steamboat. Sandow did some pretty good mic work before the match to draw a lot of heat. Steamboat was introduced as the son of Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat, and had a lot of support from the crowd with several "Steamboat" chants throughout the match. Sandow won with a neckbreaker.
(5) IC champion Christian defeated Cody Rhodes in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the Intercontinental Title. This was an awesome match that concluded with Christian winning with a frogsplash. As he was celebrating, Teddy Long came out and told Christian he was sorry, but John Laurinaitis instructed him to make this a two-out-of-three falls match. As he was talking, Aksana came out and told Teddy he still had to wear that giant nametag and proceeded to place it on him. Long then said that there was also a special referee, Jinder Mahal. As Christian was distracted with everything going on, Cody Rhodes caught him with the kick to the head off the second rope to win the second fall. The finish of the third fall saw Rhodes run into Mahal and Christian catching him with the Kill Switch. Referee Charles Robinson ran down to made the three count.
[ Intermission - Matt Striker threw out merchandise ]
(6) A.J. defeated Kaitlyn. A.J. came out acting like her old self and the two shook hands before the match. A.J. appeared to get hurt, so Kaitlyn and the referee Marc Harris checked on her. As Kaitlyn attempted to help her up, A.J. did her thing where she flips out and jumped out Kaitlyn and repeatedly hit her in the head. A.J. then landed a running knee for the win.
(7) Kane defeated Great Khali. This was pretty much what you would expect. The crowd was pretty split as Kane got a great pop from the crowd. Kane hit Khali with a chokeslam for the win.
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(8) World Hvt. champion Sheamus defeated Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez) to retain the World Heavyweight Title. Great match, and Rodriguez did a great job interacting with the crowd. Sheamus landed the Brogue kick for the win. After the match, Sheamus posed and shook hands with the crowd.
Overall, it was a really good show. The arena was not quite half-full, which was disappointing, but they were very vocal, and into every match. The set-up was also much more elaborate than any other house show I have been to, including two big screens to play videos before the show, play entrances, and even included a backstage promo from Del Rio and Rodriguez.
Biggest Pops:
(1) Sheamus
(2) Christian
(3) Kane/Sin Cara
Biggest Heat:
(1) Alberto Del Rio
(2) Cody Rhodes
(3) Damien Sandow | |
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